Nut-look



No. 753,415. 7 PATENTEDBMAR. 1, 1904.

W. H. MACK.

NUT LOOK.

APPLICATION FILED'J'AN.1B, 1902.

NO MODEL.

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Patented march 1, 1904:.

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"WILLIAM H. MACK, OF iiiESSMORE, PENNSYLVANM.

SZECIFICgTZQN forming oi Letters I'E'atcmt No. ""53,';15, dated f iarch i, 1894:.

lzyfilication January 18,1903. fien'ai Fio- 93568. (1% siodeh) T0 aZZ whom it may concern.

Be'it known that 1. Woman H. Mien, a citizen or the United States, residing at Messmore, in the county of Fayette and State of by a nut will be prevented from turning upon f a bolt and will besecurely locked thereto.

The invention has for its further object to provide a nut-lock that will he ex tremely sirn pie, strong, durable, comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, and highl eliicient in its use.

With the above and other objects in View the invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts to he hereinafter more fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, and wherein like numerals of referenceindicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in Which-.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a nut and bolt applied in position with my improve ments attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a vertical Y sectional View thereof, partly broken away.

Fig. 3 is a plan View showing two of the ears.

in dotted lines. Fig. 4: is a plan view of the washer. Fig. 5 is a rear elevation of the not.

In the drawings the reference-numeral 1 indicates the threaded bolt, and 52- thehead thereof.

3 represents the piece of timber or other material to which the improvements are applied.

4 represents the nut, having a recess 5 formed therein, and 6 represents i washer having an inwardly-extending shoulder? and out worthy-extending ears 8. The reference-numeral 9 represents a groove formed in the bolt, in which the shoulder 7 rides and extends. The walls or ribs 5, which separate the recesses 5, have their inner ends tapered from their opposite sides, as at 5, whereby wcdging action is piiidnced at the juncture of the ears 8.

Theoperation of my improved-nut-lock is follows: The belt being placed in position, the washer is secured thereon, the shoulder? engaging in the groove 9, and the not then is applied thereto. 'When driven home, the ears 8 are bent over and engage the recess 5,thereby locking the nut and securely retaining the same, preventing the turning of the not upon the hoit. When it is desired to release the nut, the ears are bent upwardly, and the nut may then be easiiydisengaged from the bolt in the usual manner.

The many advantages obtained by the use of my improved nut-look will be readily apparent from the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

it wiil he noted that various changes may he made in the details of construction without departing from the general spirit of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what i claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The conihination'with the bolt formed with a longitudinal groove, and a nut mounted on said bolt and being formed in its periphery with grooves extending inwardly from its inner edge, said grooves having their inner ends curved to approximately semicircular contour, the walls or ribs separating said grooves having their inner ends tapered from their opposite sides, and a washer having a central opening adapted to receive said belt, a log formed integral with said washer and projcc-ting inwardly into the opening thereof and engaging a groove in said bolt, and a plurality of radiaily-disposed ears bent at right angles to said lug and being received in the grooves of said nut, the tapered ends of the walls of said grooves engaging the said cars at their inner ends, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my nanie in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

vVlLLlAM H. MACK.

in presence ofv A. H. Rnnmn, U. "W. Commas. 

